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The|DT top|JJ nonlocal|NN story|NN at|IN the|DT Washington|NNP Post|NNP is|VBZ the|DT latest|JJS development|NN in|IN the|DT Indonesian|JJ economic|JJ crisis--a|JJ rare|JJ and|CC boosterish|NN Suharto|NNP press|NN conference|NN in|IN contrast|NN to|TO a|DT further|JJ plunging|NN stock|NN market|NN and|CC food|NN riots|NNS in|IN outlying|JJ towns|NNS .|. 
The|DT New|NNP York|NNP Times|NNP leads|VBZ with|IN a|DT comprehensive|JJ poll|NN about|IN American|JJ attitudes|NNS concerning|VBG abortion|NN .|. 

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The|DT Wall|NNP Street|NNP Journal|NNP states|NNS that|IN the|DT plaintiffs|NNS '|POS lawyers|NNS hired|VBN by|IN Texas|NNP to|TO try|VB the|DT case|NN will|MD receive|VB as|IN part|NN of|IN the|DT deal|NN almost|RB $2|NN .|. 2|LS billion|CD in|IN fees|NNS .|. 

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Nearly|RB 45|CD percent|NN of|IN those|DT asked|VBN to|TO state|VB the|DT present|JJ law|NN on|IN abortion|NN could|MD not|RB give|VB the|DT correct|JJ answer|NN .|. 

The|DT WSJ|NNP notes|NNS that|IN the|DT just-concluded|JJ football|NN /|NN TV|NN deal|NN will|MD probably|RB mean|VB even|RB steeper|JJR cable|NN bills|NNS in|IN the|DT near|JJ future|NN .|. 
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The|DT NYT|NNP reports|NNS that|WDT today|NN 's|POS issue|NN of|IN the|DT journal|NN Science|NNP will|MD describe|VB an|DT experiment|NN in|IN which|WDT people|NNS 's|POS biological|JJ clocks|NNS were|VBD reset|NN three|CD hours|NNS by|IN shining|VBG a|DT bright|JJ light|NN on|IN the|DT back|NN of|IN their|PRP$ knees|NNS .|. 
The|DT finding|NN ,|, if|IN it|PRP holds|VBZ up|RB ,|, says|VBZ the|DT Times|NNP ,|, may|MD lead|VB to|TO a|DT simple|JJ way|NN for|IN airline|NN travelers|NNS to|TO fight|VB jet|NN lag|NN .|. 

Yesterday|NN 's|POS Los|NNP Angeles|NNP Times|NNP ran|VBD a|DT story|NN under|IN the|DT headline|NN "|'' Paula|NNP Jones|NNP Works|NNP on|IN Her|PRP$ Court|NNP Appearance|NNP ,|, "|'' which|WDT ,|, illustrated|VBN by|IN pictures|NNS of|IN Jones|NNP ,|, was|VBD all|DT about|IN the|DT various|JJ looks|VBZ she|PRP 's|VBZ had|VBD since|IN stepping|VBG on|IN the|DT public|JJ stage|NN .|. 
The|DT piece|NN concluded|VBD that|IN she|PRP 's|VBZ finally|RB graduated|VBD to|TO an|DT image|NN that|WDT 's|VBZ "|'' sophisticated|JJ yet|RB soft|JJ .|. "|'' 
Today|NN 's|POS WP|NNP "|'' Style|NN "|'' section|NN (|( that|DT 's|VBZ the|DT opposite|NN of|IN substance|NN ,|, remember|VB )|) picks|VBZ up|RB that|DT ball|NN and|CC runs|VBZ with|IN it|PRP ,|, with|IN a|DT lengthy|JJ discourse|NN on|IN the|DT new|JJ PJ|NNP .|. 
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Jones|NNP apparently|RB has|VBZ "|'' smoothed|VBN the|DT frizzy|NN mane|NN of|IN curls|NNS that|WDT once|RB reached|VBN to|TO such|JJ dazzling|JJ heights|NNS .|. 
Her|PRP$ makeup|NN is|VBZ now|RB subtle|JJ and|CC based|VBN on|IN natural|JJ ,|, not|RB neon|NN ,|, hues|NNS .|. 
Her|PRP$ clothing|NN is|VBZ inspired|VBN by|IN the|DT boardroom|NN instead|RB of|IN the|DT secretarial|JJ pool|NN .|. 
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In|IN true|JJ newspaper|NN overkill|NN fashion|NN ,|, the|DT piece|NN backs|VBZ this|DT up|RB by|IN consulting|VBG Cynde|NNP Watson|NNP ,|, national|JJ makeup|NN artist|NN for|IN Bobbi|NNP Brown|NNP Essentials|NNP ,|, and|CC Steven|NNP Zdatny|NNP ,|, a|DT historian|NN at|IN West|NNP Virginia|NNP University|NNP specializing|VBG in|IN the|DT aesthetics|NNS and|CC politics|NNS of|IN hair|NN .|. 

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